RG 156 - Office of Chief of Ordnance, Awards Board Files - Birmingham Ordnance District
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Awards Board Files, 1944-1946
National Archives Identifier 7130373
This series consists of formerly classified files for monthly meetings of the contract awards board for the Birmingham Ordnance District. Each monthly file consists of similar information: contractor evaluations, contract pricing information, product specifications and descriptions, and meeting notes.
Box M1, March 1942- May 1943
Inspections of potential companies
Contracts with private companies to manufacture war items
Production order forms
Interdistrict communications in order to solve common problems (24 Feb 1943)
Bid lists and ratings of Ammunition Branches
Box M2, June 1943- October 1943
War Department memorandums about specifications, what to produce, and time frame of production
Box M3, November 1943- April 1944
Records of telephone conversations between government and contracted companies
Contracts of business agreements, amendments and changes to these contracts
Contract cancellations
Specifications for production of certain items
Box M4, May 1944- November 1944
Redetermination of contracts
7 photographs explaining the process of installing steel supports on 15 passenger coaches, Sept 1944
Instructions for preparing equipment for long-term storage
Box M5, December 1944- March 1945
Redetermination of contracts
Reports of government owned equipment
▪ Conditions, what is owned by the government, and what will be bought back by the Birmingham Ordnance District by June 1945
▪ Machine records
Inner district price comparisons for renegotiations
Preparation for extended period storage/salvage/disposal
Box M6, April 1945- May 1945
Preparation for extended period storage/salvage/disposal of government equipment; government pays for a portion of this cost
Redetermination of contracts
Continuation of contracts
Pre-Termination agreements and requirements
Production summaries
Settlement proposals
Floor plans of contractors plant
Box M7, June 1945- July 10, 1945
Preparation for extended period storage/salvage/disposal of government equipment
▪ Detailed procedures of preparation for storage on every government owned item
Shipping orders for government equipment bought back by Birmingham Ordnance District
Redetermination of contracts
Box M8, July 11, 1945- September 15, 1945
List of the companies whose work will carry them into 1946
Preparation for extended period storage/salvage/disposal of
▪ Detailed procedures of preparation for storage on every government owned item
Redetermination of contracts
No further regularly scheduled Award Board Meetings (28 Aug 1945)
Box M9, September 16, 1945- January 1946
Termination schedule negotiations
Preparation for extended period storage/salvage/disposal of government equipment
▪ Detailed procedures of preparation for storage on every government owned item
Redetermination of contracts
Contract terminations